Chapter 756

Fine cold sweat kept seeping out from his forehead, neck, and back.

Even in his unconscious state, his facial muscles were slightly distorted due to enduring unimaginable pain, appearing somewhat ferocious.

And the spiritual power that was undergoing transformation did not stop at all because the host was unconscious.

It was like refined iron thrown into a furnace and repeatedly forged, constantly being tempered, solidified, and purified in the flames of pain.

Impurities were removed bit by bit, and the structure became denser and stronger.

Time passed second by second.

About forty minutes later.

Xia Mujun's eyelids trembled slightly.

Immediately, he opened his eyes wide.

A faint but exceptionally clear light seemed to flash across his eyes, so fast it was like an illusion.

He supported himself with his arms and sat up from the bathtub.

Instantly, an indescribable, transparent, and refreshing feeling spread throughout his body.

It was as if even his soul had been thoroughly washed, feeling hearty and refreshing.

And when he looked at his surroundings again, the world in his eyes seemed to have undergone some subtle changes.

It was as if the layer of extremely faint mist that had been covering his eyes had been quietly blown away a little more with the further leap of his spiritual power.

The outlines of the world, the saturation of colors, the layers of light... everything became clearer and more "real" than ever before.

He could even feel that his thinking speed, information processing ability, and observation of subtle things had all been significantly improved.

Even the water droplet hanging at the end of the shower head, about to drip but not yet, seemed to have its falling process slowed down quite a bit in his perception at this moment.

A strong sense of surprise surged in Xia Mujun's heart.

However, just when he thought this change still remained at the "internal" levels of accelerated thinking and enhanced perception.

The corner of his eye suddenly caught a glimpse of his bare arms and chest.

The surface of his skin seemed... to be shrouded in an extremely thin, almost transparent, yet faintly shimmering, extremely weak milky-white "Qi".

This "Qi" was like the lightest gauze, clinging to his body surface, flowing slowly, as if it were there and yet not.

Xia Mujun was completely stunned.

He raised his arm and stared carefully.

That "Qi" indeed existed, it was not an illusion.

He fell into a long silence and contemplation.

Wait...

Could this be...

He frowned slightly.

If improving the "Constitution" attribute is to strengthen the container and foundation of life, and when quantitative changes accumulate to a certain extent, it might trigger some leap or evolution in the level of life.

Then, what about improving the "Spirit" attribute?

Does the continuous strengthening of spiritual power only mean faster thinking and sharper perception?

Combined with this materialized, almost visible "Qi" before his eyes...

Xia Mujun had a bold guess in his heart: this weakly flowing "Qi" might be the initial manifestation of his spiritual power, after reaching a certain level, beginning to transform from ethereal consciousness energy into a form that is more fundamental and closer to "substance"!

If this guess holds true...

Even greater surprise surged in his heart.

This means that if he continues to improve along this path, his "Spirit" might really evolve to some mysterious level that is currently unimaginable.

As for what specific role this "Qi" has now, he couldn't explore it for the time being.

He tried to concentrate his mind to "suppress" or "restrain" this externalized "Qi".

As his mind focused, the layer of faint light on his body surface indeed gradually dimmed and finally almost completely disappeared.

But he only maintained it for less than ten seconds before he felt a faint sense of fatigue originating from the depths of his spirit.

Apparently, with his current level of spiritual power, actively controlling this initial "externalized" state is still quite strenuous and cannot be sustained.

It seems that to truly explore and utilize this change, he needs to wait for his spiritual power to further improve.

However...

Xia Mujun thought of a more realistic problem.

Besides himself, can others... see this layer of "Qi" that is there and yet not?

If others notice the abnormality, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He planned to go out later, and after his sister and Jiahe Lingxiao woke up, he would secretly observe their reactions.

If they show any abnormality, he must try to continuously suppress this "Qi", even if he feels mentally exhausted because of it, he will not hesitate.

Before that...

Xia Mujun looked down at the bathtub.

Some sweat stains seemed to be floating on the water surface.

And he himself was soaked with cold sweat, sticky and uncomfortable.

"Let's just take a shower first."

He turned on the shower, and warm water washed down.

And at this moment.

In the living room.

Actually, when Xia Mujun returned home and walked around the room looking for clothes, Natsume Ruri and Jiahe Lingxiao had already woken up in a daze.

They both vaguely heard the movement of their brother returning, and also noticed that he took clothes and went into the bathroom.

According to past experience, brother would come out and call them to get up soon after taking a shower.

However.

When the two secretly caught a glimpse of the time shown on the clock on the wall and compared it with the time their brother usually returned in their memory, they were both stunned, and their sleepiness dissipated by more than half.

Today... he returned nearly half an hour earlier than usual.

And inside this thirty-three-square-meter apartment.

Whether there is continuous water sound in the bathroom, they can vaguely hear while lying in the living room.

In the more than half an hour that Xia Mujun entered the bathroom.

It had been silent all along, with no sound of running water that a normal shower should have.

Time passed second by second in the silence.

In the minds of the two girls, involuntarily and uncontrollably, certain blushing associations and guesses that adolescent girls might have surfaced.

Natsume Ruri's cheeks gradually flushed red.

Jiahe Lingxiao's earlobes were even red through.

Both felt a sense of inexplicable shyness and embarrassment.

They both chose to bury their faces deeper into the quilt, pretending to be still fast asleep.

But their hearts were restless, fearing that the other would discover they were already awake, and also fearing that the other would guess what they were thinking...

So, they just held on like this, closing their eyes and pretending to sleep.

But because of the "strange thoughts" that were churning in their minds, their heartbeats accelerated, and they could no longer truly fall asleep.

After a while.

Clear water flow finally came from the bathroom, followed by the buzzing sound of a hairdryer working.

Hearing these "normal" movements, the two girls dared to secretly pull open a gap in the quilt and squint to confirm the time again.

From the time brother entered the bathroom to the sound of showering, there was actually a gap of more than half an hour!

This realization made the faces of the two even redder, as if they were about to drip blood.

Natsume Ruri was blushing and red-eared, feeling that she had discovered some "unknown" little secret of her brother, and inexplicably noted this time in her heart.

At the same time, a vague thought flashed: If brother has a girlfriend in the future... that girlfriend would probably be very "happy", right?

Jiahe Lingxiao's thoughts were even more "heavyweight".

Various subtle scene fragments flashed in her mind uncontrollably, even making her involuntarily and secretly substitute herself and Xia Mujun into the male and female protagonists...

When Xia Mujun dried his hair and walked out of the bathroom feeling refreshed.

The two girls also "woke up" at the "right time".

They pretended to have just woken up and were still confused, rubbing their eyes and sitting up from the bedding.

When they saw their brother's glowing and energetic appearance, the expressions on their faces became somewhat subtle, and the blush that had just faded a little quietly climbed up again.